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0000950123-10-019517.txt : 20100302 0000950123-10-019517.hdr.sgml : 20100302 20100301173114 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-019517 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100301 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20100302 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100301 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HCA INC/TN CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000860730 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-GENERAL MEDICAL & SURGICAL HOSPITALS, NEC [8062] IRS NUMBER: 752497104 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11239 FILM NUMBER: 10646423 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PARK PLZ CITY: NASHVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37203 BUSINESS PHONE: 6153449551 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE PARK PLAZA CITY: NASHVILLE STATE: TN ZIP: 37203 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HCA THE HEALTHCARE CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010419 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COLUMBIA HCA HEALTHCARE CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000502 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: COLUMBIA HCA HEALTHCARE CORP/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940314 8-K 1 g22329e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2010 (March 1, 2010)

HCA INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		001-11239 (Commission File Number)		75-2497104 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


One Park Plaza, Nashville, Tennessee (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		37203 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 344-9551

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01. Other Events

The consent attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K relates to the prospectus supplement filed by HCA Inc. pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) on March 1, 2010.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	HCA INC. (Registrant)
	By:	/s/ John M. Franck II
		John M. Franck II
		Vice President and Corporate Secretary

Date: March 1, 2010

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number		Exhibit

Exhibit 99.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

EX-99.1 2 g22329exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 exv99w1

Exhibit 99.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 1, 2010, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of HCA Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of HCA Inc. included in the Prospectus Supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) dated March 1, 2010 (Prospectus Supplement) that is made a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-15951) that includes the Prospectus Supplement.

Nashville, Tennessee
March 1, 2010